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I EL PLEASED
BY PARTYSHOWING
In Prepared Statement Roose
volt Says Bull Moose Have
Come to Stay.
"BATTLE HAS JUST BEGUN"
Points Out That in Three Months Pro
gressives Jumped to Second
Place in Nation.
Western Newspaper I'nion News Service.
New York. - Theodore Roosevelt
made a formal statement bearing upon
the eklction and the future of the Pro.
gressive party. In line with :-^vious
expressions of his z r ,and of his
colleagues, he reiterates that the
"Progrer...e party has come to stay"
and "so far from being over, the bat
tie has just begun."
He regards the party's showing in
polling more than 4,000,000 votes in
the flce of numerous obstacles, natur
aly in the path of a new movement,
as "literally unparalleled in the his
tory of free government."
The statement follows:
"I congratulate the Progressives of
the country-that is I congratulate
those good men and women who with
sincerity of purpose for the common
good have had the vision to look into
the coming years and see what the
future demands from us.
"What the Progressive party has
done since the theft of the Republican
organ by the Republican bosses at
Chicago last June is literally unparal
lelod in the history of free govern
Went, worked under representative in
sttutions. Three months have gone
by since the new Progressive party
was founded.
."Without much money, without any
aganisation, against the wealth of
the country, againslat the entire organ
bed political ability of the country,
gaianst the bitter hostility of 90 per
tent of the press of the country,
aainast the furious opposition of every
dhoelder of special privilege, whether
in politics or in business, and with
the chanaels of information to the
public eboked-the Progressive party
as pole~ between four and four and
neahalf million votes; has hopelessly
baten oea ef the old parties, both in
the oeetoral College sad in the popu
: la vote: has takes second place in
theo tion and either first or second
Spliee i some 3 of the 48 states.
r "No task it any way approaching
thb has mver before been performed
. ý r5 party ai our country. Such a
SLea palrmed by voluateers hastily
'b ht together anad without any pre
Gwm e.opestism with each other,
midst th tralmd veteran of the
` Meb el armea-should be a source of
iar to those who per
the task. but to all believers
ga eltissi sad In the espee
`I Of Asmateams lfr self-goveramet
r l the easmpuiga I samid repeat
4ir that thin was in a shape or way
" a mssa ovement, but a move
ýASt ar great priaelples-- move
w hih as spung as all healthy
In our Demoeraey must
:, nW g ousm the heart sad cmaseances
af the pepae themselves.
'ia truth must be kept steadily
t sthe lads of all or as. Tbhe
P fS*slve party has come to star.
Rier et the eis partie will e
tim s in put late eiisatio say one
ts. pLe aka, it can aUnt pon ouar
,I. opp e in a doilag; but we
1 m.at rat contest unti the ena
3iinistsr i eted it i law and
part of oar political system,
and state.
-e  fa that the great
g/. iMsnh as am minae to fiht
, iM.' in soider with the men anad
whob t, the raks and in v.
Mi S pstioa of leaderebip, have
-:I gi eat battle isor social and
tiete Us fhr fhem beian
Ms the battle has Jst began. We
ct 9 Rot rut contnt until every feat
-inwlet the Pegraslve program has
gelt i es ect; and wha this
' done magestlomably there
:- iR e opmed in as new avenues
Ig which ir will still be a daty to
.- W t ' the mral and oomomic bet
memn aet as- psople
. e (ss ) Theodore Roosevelt"
Ambeassaers ryna Reiege.
' Whaioggse-Charles Page Bryan
A'.lted bltss ambassad.ur., to Japan,
meaged bi slgastioa to Presldent
i;t· who ruintatly omepted it Mr.
;. gave m Setth brm ght a by
a rcrriae aeldent Into Japan, as the
rause of his resigeatla . He is now
at ab homer in Rnmut, mI.. receiv
s Imedimcal tratmeaLt. General cane
in the pes saael t the ambassadors
t theo United State was eaxpected as
. aquoan to the recent election.
- IP'. S PLURALITY REDUCED.
W~Usisa ishes gala of 446 Votes is
la Phramelseia-Offleinl returas as
reeaved by the Associated Press frot
'aie gutiss in the state redced
Oseal Roosevelt's leaId from 918, as
pem by the latest prmess uorftt
itl rotures, to as. These auresm
swed a snet gala for Colonel ReBooes.
vel at ad a set gla fer Wisonh
- " sa Ovoles so ai nna.
-Anl m W ama domonstra
4 *-n was hel in eelebratlqm of the
Sthe United States. Tea
iligaes ad PS gasthe
Msee boulevard Leas These
in the paral arried
3Uages s s: "Iame
bginht
BUMPS 225 POUNDS
INTO BANKERS' ROOM
Woman Hanging Clothes on Roof,
Crashes Through Skylight
. Waving Strange "Them."
Indiana Harbor, Ind.-Mrs. Mary
Bopa was the victim of an accident
he other day that resulted in a severe
shock to her nervous system in the
sadden adjournment of a meeting of
the board of directors of the Indiana
Harbor State bank and a panic among
ether bank officials, who thought some
, sew kind of robbery was being com
mitted.
Mrs. Bopa, who lives next door to
the bank. was hanging up her wash on
the roof of her home. The board of
iirectors of the bank were meeting In
it in upper room under a large skylight.
SMrs. Bop who weighs 235 pounds.
was hanging up a garment, large in
size and plural in name, when she
tripped over the clothes basket and
h e 1
in a 4
or
er fll oa the skylight. It is needless to
th y that she did not stop ter C
1e u Ill in an improtant diseussion in e
y whleh the directors were par pathi 1
d rwas broken by Mrs. Bo's falL Her 1
ly pluae through the skylight was brok
In o by the long table around whlih the I
p- rectors were seate and upon d
n whloh she ltaded n a sittlng position.
d rafs of shattered glassu followed a C
steaia rash. t
Allth drectors felln ot of their
d hatr and two crawled under the ta
Ile h Others thtaiag that a bomb had
Swied od, rechod the door Il one
Samp Wlth Mrs. Bops a the wet t
gr, omt she was luhagla o the Une d
sad It Sttelae like a huge plaster c
my prls tre oh the a a director asu h I
aheir upeet C
Ol1sc ia the bak dow staira a
ohbght some ew method a bMrgf
ary was bal tb d et, and the ash- tl
krw heaned the moaey M to th vault. a
- Others summoe te poee and ued td
bm tbh phla.e I
Noa was hart by th ael oudet and t
Sthe ly loss sustaed was the brok. a
a srlinlht. Mrs. Bops quickla y reco. 1
I ed fred th e aba and retord to f
her d sties on the roof, wher she di h
oered that the garmenat she had e
7 arried with her seeded to be rei t
ie wahd. o
r. a
.FALLS 125 FEET D0WN STACK
New Jmh y ste-newlmek. Uo tbur b
HIgh Wbind, edklct Hat sa b
5* e M Pvaaglt d
* Wthe N. l .--a Peabs, I
IweolM steoplhgck ot as sneeee
Ntne was hur byteaciet at the
e otheo y to thso op ad wa s the 1k 5
d aomroaeut o the and reund O 1
a hoeruny t h reptr t whaerie s dahe r
d It w t attkhe gar sh hd ett om
y caied weAer ad h thabde t h rt
ie I asr o ealdt. t ano to o or th
it, Ia with r 4 p at tuehe
Ss  aa b' le arm
s Some mFEa EMT ol D the
re rI t s daMr emeh b ea tw Pebye
sl ls ea ad akoaMle lsap r abmo
t im rM h d t smoketalu k Hrtkn k
,*eat a emembam, and the adde
ly. hn a at of wlad. it ap-re d ua
thouh ae es d lost w is betaneo and
Mit ovea d toteto p· o othe k
Thk s rn to th tmace o rn .
where thmy ead Peaml~ body had
4 ha a tpa N at sot Ps smably be
*ad strek m very eme of the anorty
e orkwemis lis Mttn, nMt s talit
SeIteh d a ta s he thae lst waleh
g she d earre, ap he th Mh. Wmhn
t Ie omBed ibm out of the debet the
wu stll coeoles.
"Geebut that was som tall." e C
t marmared to a Uompenon stepled
SMack; "eome all, sad a awfal hard
At the Bayane hospital, where
Peml wau taken. It was sid that
all un dim, both slrs and hi left arm
Doer w alt kmrelgnt Tritn.
Newton. N. J.-A bti deer, with
Slarle antlers, sos the Dkelawe rilv
er ear eon e an d esme up the embank
moat o the l Valley ralroad
ua lent o a Lretht trna wh saig.
T The eanl-s saw the alma rad m
stopped e ther dt realyI o d rthud
wntLoest ekataor ty oe or tried to
len aare thi eoar, but haeo to
Srcl wlt ta as tlamnrs t ai hi ck
kar. h T thad lamr up rt tt a ter
a a~rt r as br~ week.
P the t Atpta d Pyhers
Wuaslstim--l. D. Asi us
SWoodrw la as address Ihmr d
- aGsee tbut th at as o me al hles
re ck atr;s oefal, ta an awttulehd
At the Dtyre wme aos pi talwher
P easeyws-taeni wa4 smamit th
a his hnba bt legs. andhs le arm
I Dse Hadts F rg t tr am
ThINITN(IONAL
SLESSN
LisssOl
(By E. O. SELLERS. Director of Eve
ning Department The Moody Bible In
stitute of Chicago.)
LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 17
THE GREAT QUESTION.
LESSON TEXT-Mark 5:r.-9:1.
GOLDEN TEXT-"Thou art the Christ
the Son of the living Gud."-Matthew 16:
16
The events of this lesson occur in
the summer A. D. 29 during the last of
Jesus' ministry in Galilee just before
his final departure for Jerusalem. 'it
marks a parting of the ways. We have
seen Jesus as introduced by John the
Baptist; heard him on the Mount as
he pronounces the principles of his
kingdom; watched him as he called
his disciples about him for training;
and listened to his great conflicts with
the rulers of the people. Already vir
tually rejected by all save a few faith
ful friends he seems to test these to
see if they are fnndamentally right on
the two important questions. "Do they
recognize me as the Messiah?" "Do
they understand that I must die in or
der to accomplish my mission?"
1. "Whom say ye?" vv. 27-29. No
tice, Jesus does not ask those outside
of his own circle for testimony. There
is a sense in which he is not much
concerned about the opinion of the
world, but he ie tremendously con
cerned about what his followers be
lieve. His first question (v. 17) is a
general one and their reply is likewise
a very broad one. To some of us it
suggests something of the physical ap
pearance of Jesus. No one can read
the descriptive passages about John
the Baptist, Elijah or Jeremiah and I
come to the conclusion that Jesus was
other than a man of strong physique,
not such a man as is usually pictured
for us by the artists. But this intro
ductory question does not satisfy the
Savior. It will not suffice for us to
accept Jesus as "a good man a little
higher than the prophets." Jesus de
mands a more personal reply, "Whom
say ye?" The strength of Christian
ity is our personal opinion of Jesus
the Messiah; the proof of Christianity
is our personal witnessing; the test of
Christianity is our personal experl
ence_ Must we confess him? (Read
1 John 4:15, Acts 9:20 and Rom,
10:9-10.) This brings us face to face
with the question of the incarnation.
If a man doubts that faction he will
doubt the inspiration of the Scriptures. I
Those who doubt the inspiration of
the word of God will certainly doubt
the incarnation.
Peter's Answer. (
2. "And Peter Answered." v.1. . L 1
to v. 33. Peter the son of a "timid
dove" casts all doubts, prudence and
caution to the wind, makes a bold, i
positive coafesslea, "Thon art the
Christ." It is true that both Andrew
and Philip had made this same con
fession (John 1:4041) much earlier in
the ministry of Jesus; but he did not
at least pubiliely, aeeept it nor was
that sufficient at that period in his
life. Peter twice made this assertion
previously; once as he made his rash
attempt to walk upon the water (Matt.
14:33), and again when many of the
followers of Jesus began to desert
him, (John 8:69). But now popular
enthusiasm is dying out and already
the shadow of the cross is resting up
on Jesus, indeed it is only six months
away. Having elicited this response
Jesus commands his disciples to sl- I
leae, for the time had not yet arrived
for them to poeeclaim it openly. Jesus, 1
however, began "openlyb" to teach his I
disciples and the multitude the second
great truth mentioned at the outset, I
rvis., the sufteringl Messiah, (v. 21). I
Why the imperative "must"-rmd I
aarefully John 1:14, Isa. 53:44, t Cor.
5:21, 2 Peter 2:14 and other passages
of the same import. His death and
resaurrection were essential to the
whole plan of salvation (Rom. 5:9-10).
Whet Jeus Sald.
& "He Said Unto Them," wr. 449:L
Jesus here sts forth, as contrasted
with the prevalent notions of the Me
sah, three eonditions whereby men
may become his disciples: (1) Self
denlal. Jesus was on his way to
Jerusalem not to claim authority, but
to be rejected, not to assume a throne,
but to die. He tells us that we must
afrm that w vehave no relance upon
or obligation to seol when it makes its 1
demands, ~er~ its opintioas, or ex
prmese its deire. To deany is to re
nounce. That is eactly what self.
confdent Peter did on that last night
and three tlmes heconfessed his peni
ten.e on the shore of the lake. To
denr sl means exactly what the
words imply and not the usually ac'
eepted idea of abstinence from food,
pleasures and hluxarlies. () Cros
bearing. Let us puse often to think
what of pon and torture and ipominty
is embodied in that word, "cros."
Jesus knew the sfaering, the loneli
nes, the shame; yet he set his face
steadfastly to go to "Jerusalem" anad
bore all of this "with joy" (Heb. 2It:).
Takldng up one's cross is to follow
where he leads, a thing Peter was not
yet ready to do. To takte up our cross
means a "via Doloresa" for each of I
his followers that will and in aalvary
for all personal ambitions, desires or
plane. To refus or to comprmise in
order to avoid sufrfrlns, privations
Sdame, Is to rfu 'o "take up year
wess." (1) "And fotlfw me" (se 1
Pt :1S2a 1 and Phfl, :5-8). To ol
ow Jesus dos not e neessity a
press Itself In a pecuils mars-h. mam
Halifax Seep,
t a good meat boe on at s o'eleek
and bl uatil 11, Ina hout threen quarts
ci water. Sm oeasoally the tb.
paities whLh arSe. Thea put In
enohaif doese ismaoe, toms eamr
eo oei and a sr a dbt petaoss, as
chapped he. sem. with sea ad
apper to ttet Wha Ygapebles are
dma suet the ms replae ea ed
hE w to be up, tLhem thia m
. mne s.r. re esdebes as
bib bern in s
NIEW OF LOUISIANA
Adjutant General McNeese Plans
Many Reforms for Na
tional Guard.
TO MAKE EFFICIENT BODY
All Organizations to Be Brought Up
to Standard Required by the
War Department.
Western Newspaper L'non Noews Servlce.
Baton Rouge. - Adjutant (;eneral
.lcNeese has issued an order prov!idinf
for a recruiting system for the organi
zation of the national guard.
The order provides that each corm
pany must have a recruiting officer.
When the company is called into ser
vice the recruiting officer will begin
at once to recruit the command tup to
war strength. When the command is
ordered to the mobilization camp the
recruiting officer is to remain at
home and secure recruits for the com
haand, forwarding them to the mobili
zation camp.
Camp Stafford, at Alexandria, is r
designated as the mobilization camp.
Under orders of Adjutant General
Oswald W. McNe se, a board of offi
cers representing each arm of the
service was convened in Baton Rouge. I
.The board consists of Major Alli
son Owen, commadding Battalion
Washington Artillery, New Orleans, I
representing the artillery: Captain
Charles S. Miller, commanding Troop
B., Cavalry, Jennings, representing the I
cavalry, and Captain Bret W. Eddy,
commanding Company K., First In- I
fantry, Lake Charles, representing
the infantry, with Major Owen as chair- i
man; Captain Miller, vice chairman, f
and Captain Eddy, recorder. C
Sitting with the board in a con- a
suiting and advisory capacity were
Adjutant General McNeese, Major Jo
seph Thompson, Assistant Adjutant r
general of Baton Rouge;, Major James I
L. Wright, quartermaster general, of
New Orleans, and Captain Charles H.
Danforth, U. S. A., inspector-instruct- t
or with the Louisiana national guard. r
In many respects the records and
systems in vogue among the Loulsi
uan militia are obsolete, and it was a
the object of the adjutant general to n
have every department, record and t
method of the state militia brought c
up to a modern basis. h
The board will recommend a com- e
plete set of rules and regulations gov- 1
erning the Louisiana militia, which '
will be bound in book form, furnish- Z
ed to all officers, and will cover every 1
point upon which information may be I
desired from a military standpoint;
and the board will also provide for t
mental examination of commissioned
officers, physical examination of en
listed men, examining boards, and will
adopt standard forms of enlistment p
and discharge blanks, muster rolls,
finanelal reports, organization records;
etc.
Organisations which did not meas
are up to the proper standard of effi- d
clency will be eliminated, the old I:
arsenal will be abandoned and an up
to-date military storehouse will replace
it. Obsolete and unserviceable quar
termaster ordnance stores, represent- d
ing an accumulation of years, will be
done away with, and courses of study t
for officers will be prepared. i
It 'will be the aim of the adjutant t
general to thoroughly arm and equip
all remaining organizations of the
state guard up to the standard requlr
ed by the war department, prepara
tory to the annual inspection by a
regular army officer next year. He
will proceed thereafter to not only
bring all existing organizations up to
a higher degree of proficiency, but re.
place the companies mastered out with
others of the proper strength and I
standard.
COMMISSION FORM WINS
Hammond Adopts New Style of City a
Government by Big Vote. z
Wester Newmpper Unlon News brtles
Hammond.-At a special election i
held here to vote on ehanging the
form of the municipal government to E
the commission plan, in accordance I
with act No. 207, passed by the last '
general assembly, the measure was car
tied by the decisive majority of 165 t
to 57. The election of city offleers t
under the new form of government I
will not occur until next April, when
the terms of the present mayor and <
aldermen expire. I
Negro Child Buns to Death.
Hammond..-The 6-year-old child of
Walter Freeman, a negro living a
mile west, was buried to death, ber
clothing catching on fire while play- e
ing near an open fireplace. When f
rescued she was so badly burned that a
dueath soon ensued. a
Thilbodaux, La.-The records of the
local postoffice show that the rural
free delivery from October 1 to P
October 31 collected and delivered 18,- (
784 pieces of mail, weighing 1,627 t
pounds. This is the first rural route b
established in the state of Loulsiang.
The star route from Thibodeaux to
Schriever shows that this office re
ceived In the same period 2,534 pounds
and 10 ounces. Leaving this office by
same roate at 6 o'clock every after-.
noon for the same period, 32 pouand 'I
sad one oumce were earrld a
A Geetke.u
The Critie-fThat ietsre eatiled
Charity" is pretty fhir for Church-;
mouse to have palated
The Queist-Ye; woder where he
got the posel of the $3 bil the wom
a- is headiog over."
Ia Seage D t ays.
Prtty Olre -wil p he senstied to
a veNe belur. lbu?
Namesege priemd-Ne; hot I hope
to have me whee veto I -a
d- - --
Front of Jackson Barrack, Is Being
Torn Down.
esterm Nrewrpaper tUnloe Yews Serve.
New Orleans.-Four siege guns have
been received at Jackson Barracks,
and will be located at different points
in the garrison, giving it the ;appear
ance cf a real artillery post. Tee ar
til'ery pieces were shipped frona the
Rock Island Arsenal. Illinois. Tue'v
are five-inch guns, weighing approxi
mately 9.4,110 pounds each. There were
no arthl', ry pieces at th,- barracks save
the on,' ant-i nt gun which is firtd
at re.l,.,l!e and retreat, and it \\ill n:ow
prohba' lv h.. rcle-atted to th,' land "
('ui:tnu, ut with the arrival Cf it'"'
new nIu:s was thu comlnnlul.'cnlten t (.
the' work of dicntolishin; the frint of
the po.sit in orde'r to make room for tl'.
new l.vere. Small trees tnd sthrtnlub
her:,. \hlicih lent such a lhcauiiful n
pearancte to the barracks, are being
tI'an. pu!;lted, while prepara;:ions are
being ni::de to tear down the sal!vport
and two other officers' (Qlarters. as
wt 11 as the two circular bri k buitd
inas. This will bring about a ig E
change, in the front of Jackson ltar
racks. and it will lose niuch in at- a
tractiveness from the standpoint of
ante-bellum architecture. A good part
of the parade ground will go with the t
rest. t
ARE BURIED TOGETHER
Fatal Fall is Followed by Death of t
Victims Sister.
Western Newroaper Un;oa News Servtee.
New Orleans.-As a sequel to the I
sudden death of Patrick Healy, veteran
of the ('ivil war, came the demise of c
Sister Peter, of Mount Carmel Asy- r
lum, who, before she took her vcws, E
was Miss Mary Healy, a sister of Mr. d
Healy. The old veteran had just came E
from the asylum, where his sis'er lay
dying, and was in the act of getting
off a Magazine car at St. Mary and
Camp street when his foot slipped
and he fell to the pavement, never
regaining consciousness, and dying
later in the Charity hospital.
Sister Peter did not hear of her L
veteran brother's death until some a
time later, and it is understood the a
news only served to hasten her own s
death. Mr. Healy has another sister,
Mrs. M. H. Egan, living in (rowley,.
and received a long-distance telephone t
message saying that she was coming t
to New Orleans to be at the bedside
of Sister Peter, who, the doctors said, ti
had not many hours to live, and he had e
escorted her to Mount Carmel Asy- h
lum, Piety and Dauphine streets. It b
was while alighting from the Maga- C
zine car, on his return from the asy- C
lum, that Mr. Healy received the in- f
juries that later proved fatal.
The bodies of the brother and sis-t
ter were burled together.
DAM WILL BE STRENGTHENED o
Federal Government Will Improve o
Conditions at Bayou Lafourche. )
- a
Westem NewmAsperw Ua. News serves C
Donaldsonville.-The United States 0
dredgeboat Ram will arrive here short- I
ly to repair and strengthen the dam n
at the head of Bayou Lafourche, which t
gave some concern to the state engi
neers and the levee board officials
during the high water. It is under.
stood a trench will be dug in front of
the base of the dam, on the river side,
in which sheet piling will be driven
to a depth of 20 feet or more.
The trench will then be filled
with some material other than the
dirt now constituting the foundation
of the dam, and the top of the em.
bankment will be raised and broaden
ed. The levee on the Donaldsonvllle
side immediately adjoining the dam
will be strengthened either with a con. 3
crete apron or piling, and will be
made as large and strong uas the other a
levees protecting the water front t
of thtis city. * A
Postmasters Name New Orilans.
8breveport.--The sixth annual ses
sion of the Louisiana League of Post
masters came to a close here when
New Orleans was selected as the next
place of meeting, and the following of
ficers were elected: Henry C. Man
rin, LaPlace. president; C. C. Dow,
Bernice; Miss Bessie C. Boone, Mount
Lebanon; C. H. Ferguson, Atlanta, t
vice presidents; R. G. Hawkins, of t
Palmetto, was reelected secretary and
treasurer. Five delegates to the n I
tlonal convention in Oklahoma City
were named as follows: W. W. McCoy, A
H. C. Maurln, Dr. R. G. Hawkins, C. u
C. Dow and B. F. Post, the retiring
president. The meeting was address
ed by Colonel C. B. Anderson, chief
Inspector for the Austin division!
Knapp Day Program Complete.
Baton Rouge.-The department of I
education has issued the complete
program for the observation of Knapp
agricultural day in the public schools
of Louisiana on November 27.
All Mills New Grinding.
Donald.onvllle.-The McCall Comi
pany's Evan Hall factory and the .lle
Company's New Hope mill, both In
the First ward of Ascension parish,
have begun grinding. All the factories I
in this section are now under way and 1
the sugar-making season is In full
blast. The Donaldsonville mill be
gan operations with a full crew and
will be at work for several weeks.
Theo mill gives employment to a large
numker of men.
w se Arrival.
"I don't thinah we had better kma
any time about ueiag en our m
neighbors'." said IMrs. Malehaea.
"Whty" tinquired her hamaa
"I have watcheod them ualed thu
movintag van and they have a lot a
things we wll want to bornew."
A Cetrmy Habit.
"Is your leanmirm a etal wants
"Ym, -ns tlhe ame tat she he
rt emts s ra the earrs e
e in.
"One Leetle Kees?" Thumped With a Rolling pi
- I1 Uwas tn IA an 1. . w T
S IIE `V&UM 5 0 I5 II MUIll
- HICAGO.-"One kees' Just one',
leetle kees! I implore you.
madame!"
Joseph Luco, recently from Italy
and with high notions of romance.i
stole unobserved into a flat at 12~8
West Huron street the other day and
assumed his most irresistible posture (
as he surprised Mrs. Mary Itelinsky
at work making a batch of bread.
Two hours later Luco sat in a cell 1
at the Chicago avenue police station t
nursing a big bump on his head and
trying to think how he happened to
get from the second story window to
the ground so quickly. It happened
something like this, according to Mrs.
Belinsky, who also charged Luco with E
the theft of $10:
"One what!" Mrs. Belinsky had ask
ed in momentary alarm.
"One leetle kees, no more," said
Luco.
"Well, here's a regular smack!" ex- l
claimed Mrs. Belinsky. The doughy I
rolling pin waved through a cloud of v
flour, there was a sharp crack, and a I
dull thud. Luco took the count. Mrs.
Belinsky was frightened and tried to
Genus Hobo Approves of
C LEVELAND, O.-The populace
stormed and fumed about the kiosk
in the Square the other day, wonder
ing how the thermometer and the rest
of the public-spirited instruments lo
cated there were conductiag them
selves in the gelid air.
Everybody who came to see and
could not was frankly angry. Even
the Socialists excogitating aloud on
the Square were aroused.
The kiosk is surrounded by a little a
tent without a roof, formed of paint
er's fries. A Week or so ago an energet- d
is painter and decorator painted the t
kiosk a nice, peaceful battleship gray 'I
color. Then, to keep the folks from
coming up and demonstrating the ef- b
ficiency of the Bertillon system in
their excitement over learning that
the mercury had gone down a point or
so, he put up the tent. Quite acci
dentally he left a large sign bearing
his name and business in bold letters
on each side of the tent.
The paint had been dry for three t
or four days, but the tent remained.
No doubt the man has forgotten all
about t. Detective Julius Spees of
Central station walked by there the t
other night, and, shivering a bit in a
the chill air, bethought himself of
finding out what was what. He no a
ticed a movement of the canvas that a
"Backnumber Joe" Quits
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N W YORK.-Lawyers of this city
Swho handle will emses requiring a
search of early records lamet the re
tirement of "Backnumber Joe," for
he was their frst-aid and searcher-in
chief in digging up facts from the
archive.
"Backnumber Joe," despite his
name, never lost touch with the events
of the day. His specialty, though, was
the aceumulatloo of back numbers of
newspapers, beLk numbers of mag
sines, beck numbers of religious
traots, back numbers of comic sup
plements, and hack numbers of almost
anything that ever was printed He
inoladed in his stock of back num- I
ber newspapers pubhlications from
nearly every city in the country, and
from every foreign city.
Even if "Backnumber Joe" did not
have the parteular copy of an old
newspaper needed by a lawyer who I
was straighteng out a tangled slit,
Her Babies' Entreaties
KABsAs8 CITY, Mo.-"Bring us
Ssome red coral beads, some red
ribbon, some red swemtmers, and a new
dress, mamma" begged two little
girls of Parsons, Kan., when their
mother kiased them good-by the other
mornlng to come to Kansas City on a
shopplng tour. To make sure that the
mother would not forget they handed
bet a slip of paper on which they
had written their wants. All the time
she was shopping she carried that pa
per in' her hand, looking at It every
little while, untl its entreaty had
burned Itself Into her thoughts.
The words of her little daughters
out deeper and deeper, for she had
come to the city with only enough
money to supply long needed wants
money that her husband had given
heMr to buy a dress. As she walked
through some of the large department
stores temptation came.
This is the story the mother told
Capt Charles Edwards of the Walnut
street station. The watchful eye of a
store detective had caught her and a
companion who had come with her
Everleting Pame.
"We must go to 8tratford." "What's
the use. We can buy Stratford poet
eards in landon." "My friend, one
travels for eomething more than to
snd postards I want to write my
oame on luuhakespeare's tomk'
r ~lhll CQ·IOs
Ir W aUI W1111119 rIIli
i to leave the room. Then there
struggle that aroused the
of neighbor:: in the fiat beneath,
"H'tre; here: What's going
demanded San: Dubois. rushins
stairs and pausing at the door.
"i am going to kees you."
swore that he heard Luco say "
was getting a stranglt hold
Mrs. L:',linsky's neck.
"Ill kiss you'" said lihbois.
-eized Luco about the waist ash
him on the hand so that he b01
It go of 1Mrs. I'olinsky and mUt
t:he floor
'0. I would like to kick your
off." said Mrs. litlinsky, accordisl
the story she told in the police
tion.
"Let's throw him out of the
dow." sugegsted Duboles. So Mrs.
linsky sat on Luco'. chest while
bois hurriedly raised the 'vlndow.
the two took the invader on
side and gave him a sailor's tos
tbh ledge. It was '6 feet to
ground.
"Dear me, do you suppoee bJv
ed?" whispered Mrs. Belinsky as
and Dubois loked out the window
Luco, who lay on the ground.
a moment it seemed he was about
get up and go ;:way.
Dubols permitted himself to
dragged downstairs and stood
Luco until Mrs. Belinsky
with a wagon load of
Luco heaved a sigh of relief as
policemen halt carried him into
wagon.
Kiosk Tent as a "
made him suspect someone was
neath the tent
Lifting it and looking undern
discovered the recumbent Agps
two members of the box car
They had calculated that the
would not be a bad place to sle
belt there was no roof.
"Wot are you doin 'there?"
ed Spees.
"Well, we thought it would
good place to 'flop,' " replied oe.
of the wind and all the modmls
veniences-pretty swell to haves
ular thermometer and all the
tools for knowing Just what
weather it is. right in yer
room."
Speea advised them to move
they started away a ditldent
ster approached him and eldd:
"Piease, mister, when does
start, and can I carry water
eleyfunt?"
Business With aF
he always managed to get the
publication in the eouMrse a
days. How he did it was a
cret for which he made him
pay well.
His system of payment
strangest feature of his nel'
neass. He Ixed the price he
ed by the ageo of the paper
"One penny a day trop the.
publication, for any paper
world, tI addition to the
cost of the paper was his
was alluerative trade A paper
old, by this rule, was worth
above the original price; a
years old was worth $7.30, mad
ted ten years old brought $368.1
when it 1o borne in mind that
often he supplied newpaperm
or even 100 years old, the
the bnsneas are apparent
"'m a Jeweler by trade," he
my, with a twinkle In his
ferring to the value of his warn
At the fame of Joe grew
lawyers and antiquarlas,
quired more and more stoeek d
ed larger quarters for it than
inally oecupied in hims little
Fulton stre. For mny
stored his papers la a
hi own somewhere on the Wes
of the city.
Causes Woman to
from Parsons, secreting goods
their cloaks. Their arrest and
sloan followed. The mother had
all that her children had asked
and more. In two suit cases that
confessed they had brought
was found more than $100 worth
silks, scarfs. ribbons, Jewelry
beads. These they had stela
wrapping them as as the artldi
on the counter.
"I don't know now why I did
the mother said, teertully. "It
such an easy thing to do, mad
thlngs didn't look like they
missed." Then she showed hr
ter' note to the captain
Obsolete Garment.
A New York firm of petticat
facturers failed with $700 ,000d
bilities recently, and gives t
planation that wonmen's sit
tight they have qugait wearig
costs. Did you know tha
Cty Star.